ISS TonightSee the ISS from Ottawa, Canada
The International Space Station is visible from Ottawa 5 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 18:00 (bright, 29° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov 05:12–05:13 |
Fairly bright mag -1.7 |
Appears SSW, 17° up Highest 17° up in the SSW Disappears S, 10° up |
|
| Tue 10 Nov 17:58–17:59 |
Fairly bright mag -1.3 |
Appears SSE, 10° up Highest 11° up in the SE Disappears SE, 11° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 18:45–18:46 |
Fairly bright mag -1.9 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 26° up in the SSW Disappears SSW, 26° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 17:57–18:01 |
Bright mag -2.7 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 29° up in the SE Disappears ESE, 27° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 19:34–19:34 |
Faint mag -0.4 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 11° up in the W Disappears W, 11° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Ottawa (America/Toronto). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Ottawa: dark-sky calendar, the moonless hours each night.
How to spot it
Be outside a few minutes early, facing where it appears. The ISS looks like a bright, steady star moving across the sky. It doesn’t blink, and it crosses in a few minutes. It often vanishes before reaching the horizon as it passes into Earth’s shadow.
Other cities in Canada
Toronto · Montreal · Calgary · Edmonton
Updated 3 November 2026 at 04:00 UTC, from ISS orbit elements 0.4 days old. The station sometimes fires its engines to raise its orbit, which shifts times by a few seconds or more, so check again on the day. How these predictions are made.